Brussels, 14/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - In an opinion published on 13 March 2008, European Court of Justice Advocate-General Juliane Kokott said the 'polluter pays' principle applies to damage caused by the accidental loss of diesel (Case C-188/07). The French appeals court sent a case between the local authority of Mesquer in Brittany (which had to clean up after the sinking of the Erika oil tanker in 1999) and oil company Total (which owned the diesel in question and from which Mesquer is...